i support the obama administration's view. defending israel's right to defend its people by proportional means, and it's important for the international community to support that if you want to see israel eventually leave the west bank. that's the only way israel can leave the west bank if it knows it will have support, if it has to defend itself against rocket attacks. >>. >> general, it's an absolute mess over there and it has been for a long time. from a military point of view, is there anything that the americans could be doing or pushing the israelis to do to try and somehow come to a resolution that can work? >> well, first of all, i think we have to accept that we're not going to kill our way to a solution here that in fact, in many cases the use of military force is counterproductive. however, there have been some recent advances in terms of our technology such that systems such as iron dome have made it more capable, a more capable israel in terms of defending against these rocket attack, but if you believe that the m